Assessment of effects of AIDS prevention & care project on men who have sex with men

Objective To understand the situation and effects of AIDS prevention care programs on MSM,especially the improvement of their knowledge,attitude and behaviors.Methods Based on the principle of informed consent and confidentiality,questionnaires and in-depth interviews were administrated on MSM involved in China-UK AIDS Prevention Care Project in Sichuan and Yunnan Province.Results A total of 48 MSM completed the questionnaire,10 of whom received in-depth interview.Before the project,77.1% of the 48 MSM knew little about basic knowledge of AIDS;after the Project,90.79% of them know well about 3 kinds of HIV infection.Before the project,75% held negative opinions about AIDS patients,while after the project 70.8% of them were willing to continue their relationship with AIDS patients.After the project,79.2% of them used condoms during their last sex behaviors,and 58.3% of them kept on using condoms in every sex behavior during the last month.Conclusion China-UK AIDS Prevention Care Project has exerted a substantial impact on MSM's improvement of AIDS-related knowledge,attitude and behavior.

SHI Jing-jing~1,YI Yu-pin~1,LIU Yuan-jun~2,Wang Yi~3,TIAN Xiaobing~4,GAN Chun-xia~1(1.Nursing Department of North Sichuan Medical College;2.Clinical Medicine Department of North Sichuan Medical College Nanchong Sichuan 637007;3.Huaxi Medical Centre,Sichuan University,Chengdu,Sichuan 610041;4.Department of Preventive Medicine of North Sichuan Medical College,Nanchong 637007,China);A Survey of the Knowledge and Behaviors on AIDS among MSM in a Small City[J];Journal of North Sichuan Medical College;2006-04

FENG Yun~(1),ZHANG Yu~(2),ZHANG Xianfeng~(2),GUO Yi~(1,4),LI Shiliang~(3),LI Gang~(3),WANG Fei~(5)~(1)Dept.of Epidemiology,~4the State Key Laboratory of Virology,School of Public Health,~(5)the Second College of Clinical Medicine,Wuhan University,Wuhan 430071,China~(2)Center for Disease Control and Prevention of Hubei Province,Wuhan 430079,China~(3)Wuhan Institute of Dermatology and Venerology,Wuhan 430000,China;Prevalence Study of HIV High Risk Behavior Among Wuhan Men Who Have Sex with Men[J];Medical Journal of Wuhan University;2006-03